How to Use criminal law in a Sentence

criminal law

noun
  • The scale of the tragedy could simply not be mirrored by criminal law.
    — Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Yet the criminal law makes these kinds of distinctions all the time.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 Mar. 2022
  • In the end, the case went down just as many criminal law experts predicted.
    — Andrew Wolfson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020
  • And Ukraine has war crimes as part of its domestic criminal law.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022
  • There are a lot of questions, said Roth, an expert in criminal law.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
  • That means not watering down criminal laws like some have proposed.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Baird is a longtime figure in Texas criminal law.
    — Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The distinction came much later and only has to do with the criminal law.
    — Slate Magazine, 18 Apr. 2017
  • House Bill 5 would make a long list of changes to Kentucky’s criminal law.
    — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
  • But the scenario in the post is not possible, criminal law experts said.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Trump fired him and installed his personal lawyer, who had no criminal law background.
    — Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
  • If, in fact, the funds came from Medicaid, the criminal law on health care fraud could be invoked.
    — Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The criminal law is not designed to address every human tragedy.
    — Mark T. Mitchell, National Review, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In fact, in the criminal law, the distinction touches on the nature of evil itself.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 31 July 2021
  • Rather, it is written to shut parents down by creating a new overbroad and vague criminal law that puts fear in their minds.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • That may be, but the rules are backed by criminal law, and those getting caught flouting them will be in serious trouble.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 8 June 2020
  • At that point the criminal law enforcement interest was over.
    — NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The turn to criminal law and punitive measures to address public health issues is not new in and of itself.
    — Mary Ziegler and Aziza Ahmed, CNN, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This is federal criminal law that applies to service members around the world.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Fonteneau has been practicing for 18 years, a decade of which were focused on criminal law.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Some criminal law experts, however, said the reform has been long overdue.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • In a clear act of desperation, Ted goes to Stuart and asks for his help since criminal law is his purview.
    — Ayan Artan, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2025
  • William is board certified in criminal law and is the only candidate in this race with that distinction.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The second sentencing case may be more notable for the attorney who argued it than for its impact on criminal law.
    — Jess Bravin, WSJ, 18 June 2018
  • The trebling feature of antitrust law is one reason why some have described it as the most threatening area of the law outside of criminal law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 July 2024
  • The hypothetical question posed to the panel was, in effect, whether there is a loophole to get around the criminal law.
    — Alexander Raikin, National Review, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The court upheld the guilty verdict against the Swiss banking giant, in a case tried under French criminal law.
    — Nick Kostov, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The money, great big gobs of it that has led men to break NCAA rules and criminal laws, isn’t going away.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Some of the commandments overlap with criminal law, such as prohibitions on murder and theft, but others do not.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The argument that the President is immune from the criminal laws is just that — an argument.
    — Martin London, Time, 29 Jan. 2018

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